Search for the 3.4-μm C-H spectral bands on low-albedo asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 434-441

  Cruikshank, Dale P ^a   Geballe, Thomas R ^b   Owen, Tobias C ^c   Dalle Ore, Cristina M ^a   Roush, Ted L ^a   Brown, Robert H ^d   Lewis, John H ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e Cuesta College   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid composition; Asteroid surfaces; Infrared observations; Organic chemistry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036264456     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6810     Document Type: Article

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